Voters Vote Yes, County Says No

Khyber writes in with a story from Montana, where residents of Missoula County voted in a referendum intended to advise county law-enforcement types to treat marijuana offenses as low-profile. The referendum would not have changed any laws, but was advisory only. After voters approved it, county commissioners overturned it by a 2-to-1 vote. They were swayed by the argument of the county attorney, who had a "gut feeling" that Missoula's electorate had misinterpreted the ballot language. The move has resulted in a flood of disaffection among voters, especially young voters. "Is there even a point to voting any more if the will of the people can so easily be subverted by two people?" one voter posted on a comment blog.

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Same for Florida Trains

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In Florida, the same thing happened. The citizens voted "YES" to have a commuter train system built (twice). We even voted for the higher taxes to do it! But Governor Jeb Bush decided, "NO" all on his own. And so there is no train.

Democracy is all but dead in the States. Recently China passed laws to secure private property rights to it's citizens, while here in the U.S. emanate domain laws were watered down to allow seizures for commercial interests. Who's more communist now?